Luggage guard



Jari. 4., 1927. 1,612,859

' l J. H. DYETT.

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JAMES H. DYETT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LUGGAGE GUARD. l

Application led June 2,

This invention relates to improvements in luggage guards, and has particular reference to a guard adapted for attachment to the running board of a vehicle.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved guard which is so Constructed that the length thereof may be varied in accordance with the size of the ruiming board to which it is attached.

Another object is to provide a guard of simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, which is so organized that the same may be readily applied to any type of running board.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the. following detail description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

ln the drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of the luggage guard applied to a running board and shown in ene of its adjusted positions;

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Figure 8 is a section substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

`Figure 4 is a. section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view similar toFigure 2, 39 showing the guard in another of its -adjusted positions;

Figure 6 is an end elevation of the guard showing the same in its inoperative or folded posit-ion; and

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view showing a slightly different form of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the running oard of a vehicle to which the guard is attached. The guard includes the end supports 11 having vertically arranged flanges 12. These end supports may be secured to the upper surface of the r rrmning board by any suitable fastening devices, such as the screws 13. A connecting link 14 is associated with each of the end supports 11 and is pivotally connected to the enlarged end of the flange 12 by means of a screw member 15 which extends through said flange. These connecting links are designed for adjustment to various angles with respect to the end supp-Orts and for this purpose are provided with projections "5 16 lupon their outer faces which engage in depressions or openings 17 formed in the 1923. Serial No. 643,066.

enlarged end of the flange 12, said projections and openings being arranged concentrically with respect tof the screw member 15 about which the link moves as a pivot. In order that the link 14 may be secured in any one of its various adjusted positions, a wing nut or other suitable fastening device 18 is threaded upon the member 15 and when turned in the proper direction will engage the flange 12 and thus draw the adjacent end of the connecting link outwardly so as to seat the projections 16 in the openings 17, thereby preventing any further turning of the link about its pivot.

The guard further comprises a frame including the end members 19 each of which has extending' therefrom intermediate its ends the screw member 2O which extends through a suitable opening formed in the other end of the connecting link 14. The last named end of the link 14 is pro-vided upon its inner face with a. plurality of pro-- l jections 21 similar to theprojections 16 and engagearble in openings 22 formed in the end member 19 intermediate the ends thereof. rlhis end member is designed to rotate about the screw member 2O as a pivot and the latter has mounted thereon a` wing nut 23 which, when tightened, will engage the projections 21 in the openings 22 and thus prevent any rotary movement of the member 19 after the same has been adjusted to the desired angle.

Each of the end members 19 forms a part 4"" of one section of the frame which is adjustable longitudinally with respect to the other section thereof before the guard is attached to the running board in order to vary the effective length ofthe guard. One 0f the sections of the frame includes a plurality of longitudinal bars 24 which, in the form' of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 6, are of T shaped formation. Adjacent ends of these bars are secured in any preferred manner to one of the end members 19 and eX- tend therefrom in parallel and spaced relation with respect to each other. The other end member 19 of the frame also has ezitending therefrom the guide bars 25 formed of sheet metal and bent transversely to conform to the contour of the T bars 24, the portions of the bars 25 adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof overlapping, as indicated at 26, s0 that portions of the T bars are telescoped within the bars 25 and completely surrounded. By thus constructing the bars 25 the same Will afford etlective guides for the bars 24, which Will permit of the same being adjusted longitudinally ot said bars 25 when it is desired to vary the length ot the frame In order that the bars 25 Will be maintained in parallel relation and thus prevent any binding of the bars 24 therein, a spacing element 27 is employed, the ends ot which are bent, indicated at 2S, to engage a portion oit the outer bars 25 of the frame adjacent the ends thereoic remote from the end member 19 to which the latter bars are attached. The element 2T is also bent or offset, as indicated at to form a groove in which the adjacent outer bar 25 is seated. The element 27 is further bent intermediate its ends to provide a groove 30 for receiving the intermediate bar 25.

ln the form of the invention shown in Figure 7, the bars 24, which are the equivalent of the bars 24, are ot channeled 'torH mation and are engaged in the guide bars 25, which are bent to conform to the contour of the bars 24. The longitudinal edges of the bars 25 are bent over the flanges forming the bars 24 to provide grooves in which the latter bars are slidable.

From the foregoing description, it Will be apparent thatthe present invention provides a luggage guard which, previous to its attachment to a vehicle7 be adjusted to any suitable length, after which the end su sports ll may be secured to the running board l0. By reason of the pivotal connections 15 and 2() the guard, including the frame, may be swung to numerous angular positions with respect to the running board and may also be folded over on top ot said board, as

shown in Figure 6. rlhen by tighteningthe various Wing nuts 1S and 23, the frame maT be secured in any et its adjusted positions.

lli/That is claimed is:

l. An automobile luggage carrier comprising supporting members adapted for securement to a running board, a link pivotally connected to the outer end of each supporting member, a frame pivotally connected intermediate its longitudinal edges to the outer ends of said links, and means tor retaining the trame in its desired adjusted position.

An automobile luggage carrier comprising supporting members adapted tor securement te a running board, a linl pi,Yitalljir connected to the outer end ot each supporting member, a trame pivotally connected intermediate its longitudinal edges to the outer ends oit said links, and bindinginembers adiacent the pivotal connections ot the links to the supporting members and the traine to the links to hold said parts in their desired adjusted positions.

3. in automobile luggage carrier eomprising supporting members adapted for securement to a running beard Wi 1h outer ends ot said supports terminating the outer edge ot the ruiming board, a l'. .Y piro-tally connected to the outer end of each supporting member, and a trame pivotallv connected to the outer ends of said links t.) permit one longitudinal edge of said trame to rest against tne outer face of the running board when said frame is adjusted to its extreme out-Ward position.

JAMES H. DYETT. 

